Unlike in past games, Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) introduced a new feature where, axes, shovels, fishing rods, nets, watering cans, and slingshots can break after a few uses.
Read on each tool's durability and when a specific tool will break.
List of Contents
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 Axes |
 Shovels |
 Fishing Rods |
 Nets |
 Watering Cans |
 Slingshots |
| Other Tools | ||
| Item | Durability |
|---|---|
 Flimsy Axe
|
40 Uses |
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Stone Axe
|
100 Uses |
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Axe
|
100 Uses |
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Golden Axe
|
200 Uses |
An Axe will lose durability when chopping wood and hitting rocks.
Though swinging an axe in air will not lose durability, you may want to lay off doing that to avoid looking like a serial killer.
| Item | Durability |
|---|---|
 Flimsy Shovel
|
40 Uses |
|
Shovel
|
100 Uses |
 Golden Shovel
|
200 Uses |
|
Outdoorsy Shovel
|
100 Uses |
|
Colorful Shovel
|
100 Uses |
|
Printed-Design Shovel
|
100 Uses |
A Shovel will lose durability when digging up buried items and hitting rocks.
Using a shovels to plant flowers and starts or bury item will not affect durability.
| Item | Durability |
|---|---|
|
Flimsy Fishing Rod
|
10 Uses |
|
Fishing Rod
|
30 Uses |
|
Golden Fishing Rod
|
90 Uses |
|
Outdoorsy Fishing Rod
|
30 Uses |
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Colorful Fishing Rod
|
30 Uses |
|
Fish Fishing Rod
|
30 Uses |
A Fishing Rod will only lose durability after catching a fish.
Reeling in your line without a fish will not affect durability.
| Item | Durability |
|---|---|
 Flimsy Net
|
10 Uses |
|
Net
|
30 Uses |
 Golden Net
|
90 Uses |
|
Outdoorsy Net
|
30 Uses |
|
Colorful Net
|
30 Uses |
|
Star Net
|
30 Uses |
A Net will only lose durability after catching a bug.
Using your net to hit objects and villager will not affect durability, but watch where you swing!
| Item | Durability |
|---|---|
|
Flimsy Watering Can
|
20 Uses |
|
Watering Can
|
60 Uses |
|
Golden Watering Can
|
180 Uses |
|
Outdoorsy Watering Can
|
60 Uses |
|
Colorful Watering Can
|
60 Uses |
|
Elephant Watering Can
|
60 Uses |
A Watering Can will only lose durability after watering flowers and pumpkins.
Watering other objects, such as starts, trees, and the ground, will not affect durability
| Item | Durability |
|---|---|
|
Slingshot
|
20 Uses |
|
Golden Slingshot
|
60 Uses |
|
Outdoorsy Slingshot
|
20 Uses |
|
Colorful Slingshot
|
20 Uses |
A Slingshot will only lose durability when after popping a ballons.
Missing your shot at a balloon will not affect durability.
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Other tools like the Ladder, Vaulting Pole, and various Wands are unbreakable and do not have durability.
Use these items as much as you like!
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| Item | Durability |
|---|---|
|
Golden Axe
|
200 Uses |
|
Golden Shovel
|
200 Uses |
|
Golden Fishing Rod
|
90 Uses |
|
Golden Net
|
90 Uses |
|
Golden Watering Can
|
180 Uses |
|
Golden Slingshot
|
60 Uses |
Golden Tools offer the best durability in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH)! The only downside is that they can still break.
Though they'll last a lot longer than regular tools, you may want to consider saving your Gold Nuggets for other DIYs.
Flimsy Tools may be the weakest tools, but you can upgrade them to their stronger variants at the DIY workbench! Once you've crafted your tool, you'll have a completely new tool with better durability!
If you know that your tools only has a few uses left, you can customize your tools to reset its durabilty!
Head to a DIY workbench with some Customization Kits in hand and choose the color you want! Once customized, you'll get back the durability of a brand new tool.
However, not all tools can be customized. See all the tools you can customize on the list below.
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Shovel
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Outdoorsy Shovel
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Colorful Shovel
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Printed-Design Shovel
|
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Fishing Rod
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Outdoorsy Fishing Rod
|
Colorful Fishing Rod
|
Fish Fishing Rod
|
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Net
|
Outdoorsy Net
|
Colorful Net
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Star Net
|
|
Watering Can
|
Outdoorsy Watering Can
|
Colorful Watering Can
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Elephant Watering Can
|
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Slingshot
|
Outdoorsy Slingshot
|
Colorful Slingshot
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How to Customize Tools and Other Items
How to Know a Tool's Durability
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According to some Reddit users tools (fishing rod and net) don't break in their respective tournament, Mainly when the event timer is on. But will break if you catch a creature really close to the 3 min end mark (mainly when the time stops)